learning another language

Learning another foreign language is always a good thing, we can never have too much knowledge of anything, plus it is always nice to be able to express ourselves in more than one way. I speak and write English as well as my native language Tagalog. Since my native language is highly influenced by Spanish, I plan to learn it in a level of being able to carry a casual conversation. If you don't mind my asking, why did you choose xhosa? I'm just curious because this is also the first time that I have heard of it.

I like to learn different languages. I am in a different country and i have learnt Hindi of India very well now. I am very fluent as of today. Now from last two years I am in Goa and they have a different language altogether called Konkani and I am learning that now. There are lot of portuguese speaking people here too because Goa was ruled by portuguese for 450 years. It makes me easier to learn a new language is because I am there present in the midst of people speaking that particular language and grasp from what they are saying. I am not yet become fluent with Konkani as yet though but I can understand what they are speaking most of the time. It is good you are trying to learn new language and i hope it will be useful later in life. I can understand learning a new language can be very difficult sometimes. My husband knows quite alot of languages.He learns very fast. He was in Oman for 4 years and he speaks Arabic so fluently that my Arab friends thought i was dating an Arab when once they spoke to him over the Phone then when we were dating. lol Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.

I am trying to learn Korean language. It's kind of difficult too. The words and pronunciations are sometimes the same but the meanings are different so it is somewhat confusing. But as you learn, it gets a bit easier. Good luck on your new learning experience!

I think it depends on the kind of language you are raised up if it comes to "foreign sounds". Isn't every foreign language full of foreign sounds? To many English already sounds weird, strange, completely different. At least you have a new challenge.

I can imagine it must be very difficult cause the culture is so different from yours.It must be totally different than learning languages like French or Spainish.The more faraway two cultures are,the harder it will be to learn each other's language. As a Chinese speaker,I always find it very hard to learn English and still cant speak it well even though I have been studying it since elementary school.

Your challenges sounds like mine when I was trying to learn Mandarin Chinese. LOL. The syllables and words look and sound the same, and the words can have about 4-6 different pronunciations, each pronunciation having a different meaning, and is totally different from the english language structure that I'm used to. It was fun and frustrating at the same time. I gave up though after several weeks because I became caught up with something else but learning another language can be pretty rewarding. :) Good luck to you though and have fun with it. :)

hi inmyopinion, I also want to learn different languages but there are some hard to learn But I think it is fun hope you will be fluent with it someday happy mylotting

When I was in high school I studied the German language for 1 year, I still remember to this day some of it's basic lessons. About 4 years ago I learned Korean language from books and movies that I watch. I've memorized the letters and can write Korean Letters, but my vocabulary is very less. I often watch Korean movies and learn some words and the pronunciation. I am still very excited till now.

first language I learned is of course our native language which is Filipino tagalog, I know a little about korean language and plenty on english of course. If I am given a chance to study some more language I think I will try to learn Niponggo and maybe some european languages as well.

I do studied foreign language, it takes three months for me to learn Mandarin,Tajik and Russian language. I agree, it sounds strange. I can even speak three dialects in my country. Enjoy learning the language.

Studying foreign language is always good :) my teacher ever said that, if we sometime get lost, while we are traveling, or in a forest maybe, we only can use language, we can't use our math skill or IT skill to ask for help to another people right. Lol I just moved in to another city a few monts ago. And now i can say that, i'm struggling to learn their native language. I never heard this language before and its really2 hard. At my school i also learn english, Japanese, and Mandarin (China). And because i love KPOP so i try to learn Korea too. But studying foreign language is hard if we do it ourself without having a teacher right ? Do you think so ?

Learning another language is a great opportunity and privilege to an individual,specially it is also part of knowing their cultures and beliefs it is interesting and challenging. :). During college we had a mandarin teacher who sounds so hard and difficult, he speak English but still cannot understand some of it because of the way how he speak, anyway he is a good teacher of mandarin and we learned a lot from him, he is patience enough to us since we don't know Chinese very well.. the sounds, and how it is pronounce also the characters is so different.

Yes, I agree that learning another language is hard and will take some time to actually getting to the point where you can communicate with other people. I have just started to speak french and I can see myself progressing each and everyday. I Wish you all the best!

I think you have to practice more,listen more.Tried to talk to local people and learn their sounds,think more about it,don't lose heart,trust yourself,finally you can overcome it!Let's fighting!